The 2022 World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar, will mostly feature coaches from Spain, Argentina, Portugal and France.
While 32 teams will participate in the cup, Spanish, French, Argentinian and Portuguese coaches will strive to achieve successful results at the head of each of the three national teams.
While 2 German and English coaches will each take part in the cup, Senegal, Netherlands, USA, Wales, Poland, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia, Colombia, Japan, Croatia, Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon and Uruguay will be represented by one coach each.
SCALONI AND MARTINO AGAIN
Argentine coaches Lionel Scaloni and Gerardo Martino will face each other in the first round group matches.
Scaloni will lead Argentina in Group B, and Martino will lead Mexico.
Martino coached the Argentina National Team in his career in 2014-16.
Gustavo Alfaro, the third coach from Argentina in the cup, will fight against Ecuador in Group A.
THE YOUNGEST SCALONI
Lionel Scaloni, who coaches the Argentina National Team, is the youngest among the coaches who have coached 32 teams in the World Cup.
Scaloni, who took over Argentina temporarily in 2018 but did not leave the club with his successful results, was born on May 16, 1978 and is 44 years old.
Scaloni, who won the Cup America and Finalissima championships with Argentina during his tenure, had the chance to wear the national jersey only 7 times in his football career.
VAN GAAL IS THE MOST EXPERIENCED
Dutch coach Louis van Gaal is the oldest among 32 coaches in the cup.
One of the world’s leading coaches, 71-year-old Van Gaal will be the most experienced coach in the cup.
The experienced coach, who took over the Netherlands for the third time, carried the national team to third place in 2014 Brazil.
After Van Gaal, 69-year-old Iranian National Team Coach Carlos Queiroz and 68-year-old Portugal Coach Fernando Santos come.
AVERAGE AGE 51.9
The average age of 32 coaches in the World Cup became 51.9, 5 years younger than Russia 2018.
There are 6 coaches aged 60 and over, 14 coaches aged 50-59, and 12 coaches aged 40-49.
21 LOCAL 11 FOREIGN
21 of the 32 countries participating in the World Cup entrusted their national teams to local coaches and 11 to foreign coaches.
Senegal, Netherlands, England, USA, Wales, Argentina, Poland, France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia, Spain, Germany, Japan, Croatia, Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon, Portugal and Uruguay were the countries that preferred domestic coaches.
Qatar, Ecuador, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Ghana and South Korea preferred foreign coaches.
TURKEY BREEZE IN G GROUP
Murat Yakin and Rigobert Song, the coaches of Switzerland and Cameroon, both in Group G, played in Turkey during their football career.
Murat Yakin, 48, who has been coaching Switzerland since August 2021, played for Fenerbahçe in 1998-2000.
The 46-year-old Song, who took over Cameroon in February 2022, where Samuel Eto’o is the federation president, spent 4 seasons in Galatasaray and 2 seasons in Trabzonspor’s success.
ONLY DESCHAMPS WON BEFORE
There is only one name among 32 coaches who won this cup as a coach.
Didier Deschamps, the coach of the last World Cup champion France, will lead his team in 2022.
Deschamps will also share the record of Italian coach Vittorio Pozzo if he wins the trophy.
The experienced coach had the joy of being a football player in the 1998 World Cup hosted by his country.